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How did they film this?

posted 8 years ago by soulsk8ter225
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It was a free HBO weekend and I recorded and watched this. About five minutes in, I started to look harder at the fact that they were doing a lot without any "camera cuts," and realized that essentially the entire movie was like this.

Yes, I know there actually were camera cuts, but I simply thought it was not only impressive, but is certainly undermentioned as well. I don't see a single thread on here noting this, and I didn't know that it was actually a part of the production to aim for this.

I thought it was pretty boss, and as I said I did notice points when they integrated two cuts into one, but that is some damn fine perfection by the cast and crew to make this happen. Very well done.

** Rest in peace, Timothy Volkert (1988 - 2003) **

[–] SkySophie 8 years ago

I agree, it is amazing. In the Trivia section it says there were only 16 edits. The entire film was made in 23 days and it was shot in sequence. The director initially planned on doing it all in one take but it was not possible.